jim springer joins us now. >> that's right, this problem did not sneak up on us. a fire was sparked over six years ago that exploded during a test. this was an arizona company called that was a boeing contractor. they make a charter for the 787 boeing plane. during some testing, 60-pound battery life. blew up. there is no doubt that the agency put special conditions on the battery installation of those planes. but as you heard yesterday, the safety systems that boeing put into place to prevent a battery from overheating and catching fire certainly have failed. a serious problem indeed. martha: is there a timeline of when they expect it will be able to get the plane back in the air? >> they did not say how long it would take, but we are talking about months instead of weeks. the least were the planes to fly again. they are courting meeting with japanese officials that are investigating a second overheated battery that forced an emergency landing there. the company that makes the batteries as they are. officials say the batteries are just fine. the same ones have be